Example sentences of "[vb infin] being [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or you might only need occasional access when you ca n't guarantee being near a PC with a LAN card . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll enjoy being on the same pitch as Tony Dorigo , who is probably the best No 3 in the country for composure on the ball when going forward . |
| 3 | And in his present state of mind , I for one would not enjoy being on the receiving end of his temper . |
| 4 | She did n't want to disappoint his hopes that she would integrate and enjoy being with his friends . |
| 5 | Novices will enjoy being with people their own standard , getting all-day tuition with English mother-tongue instructors in small groups . |
| 6 | The original plan was that Anita would do the cooking and her husband would serve the customers , but she did not enjoy being behind the scenes and eventually taught Gordon to be a fine cook while she spent her time out front chatting up the customers . |
| 7 | On occasion , however , Alexandra would sometimes get her way and drag the Prince to services at the church she favoured , St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf in Oxford Street , where she could enjoy being in the company of other deaf people , and be able to follow the services , as she was a fluent fingerspeller . |
| 8 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't like being up three flights of stairs at night without a candle . |
| 10 | ‘ Ah , well , you see , Beryl does n't like being on her own in the house at night . ’ |
| 11 | She did n't like immobility , she did n't like being on her own , and she did n't like the fact that the wallet still had n't been given back to her , not when she 'd nicked it at great personal risk . |
| 12 | Do n't you like being on tape ? |
| 13 | ‘ But you did n't like being at home , ’ said Breeze gently . |
| 14 | I do n't like being without a woman for long . ’ |
| 15 | He did n't like being in a position of ignorance on any subject , and started probing . |
| 16 | What 's it say that the people who do n't like being in groups |
| 17 | Do you like being in the bath with your father ? |
| 18 | At her parents home in Parkgate , The Grange , she said : ‘ I do n't intend to start smoking and I do n't like being in the company of people who smoke , especially when we are on holiday abroad and people smoke at the table . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't like being in hospitals , ’ she complained to the consultant . |
| 20 | and this woman , she 's ninety odd and she does n't like being in the room on her own so when she goes to bed mum goes with her . |
| 21 | ah well yes the passers by will will remember being on the road side the famous tramp . |
| 22 | No , she did n't really remember being at all deprived . |
| 23 | I mean I can remember being underneath the platform , being on fire and I mean I I just kept saying to myself that this was n't really happening . |
| 24 | The Captain was freer than he could ever remember being in his whole career . |
| 25 | I can remember being in Australia and looking through magazines and seeing the names of the photographers who are now doing my shoots and thinking : ‘ Oh wow ! ’ |
| 26 | I can remember being in the back of a car and I was screaming . |
| 27 | I can remember being in a cell , locked in , with nobody else but myself , crying , and a screw opening the hatch on the door and saying , ‘ What 's the matter with you ? |
| 28 | Oh , more more than that , because I was , I I can remember being in school |
| 29 | Er , only four can remember being in a church . |
| 30 | But er I can remember being in Evay and a funeral there and to me it was very strange because they carried the coffin from the kirk right down to the kirkyard at the pier . |